Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Brigade Commander Chen frowned and stared at the surrounding combat map, with all the combat plans reappearing in his mind over and over again.

He wanted to find out the loopholes and take preventive measures in advance, which is an essential quality for an excellent commander.

But to be honest, this was the first time that a veteran like him had encountered such a bold battle plan.

It has to be said that if everything goes as Kong Hao planned, then their Eighth Route Army will win a glorious victory.

This kind of victory is not measured by how many enemies are destroyed, but how much enemy supplies are captured and used to develop one's own troops.

As the person in the Eighth Route Army who knows the strength of the special forces best, he also agrees very much with Kong Hao's combat plan, which is almost the most perfect plan at present.

Using special forces and temporarily formed commandos, they quietly raided the Japanese train station, and then quietly transported away all the supplies stored there under the cover of night.

This tactic was something the Eighth Route Army had never encountered before. It was a genius tactic, but it was also a bit outlandish in the eyes of the headquarters leaders.

Previously, the Eighth Route Army's combat style was basically to use absolute superiority in forces, ambush enemy transport teams, and use captured supplies to develop the troops.

The main reason is that we lack heavy weapons for attacking strongholds. Ambushes can weaken the enemy's weapon advantage and gain some advantages in battle.

However, if we attack a railway station that is heavily defended by the enemy, especially a material storage and transfer center like Taigu Railway Station, it will be difficult to end the battle quickly in the absence of heavy weapons.

As long as the Japanese were given time to react, the supplies stored in the railway station would easily be burned, which would be a complete loss with nothing to gain.

Even though our troops paid a great price to capture the enemy's railway station, and fortunately the supplies inside were not destroyed by the enemy, there was no time to transport the supplies away.

The Japanese planes are no pushovers. They can fly over the train station in half an hour. Our troops lack anti-aircraft weapons and cannot defend against them.

Therefore, the biggest highlight of this operational plan is to prevent the other Japanese troops from being aware of it at all. This tactic can only be accomplished by the special forces that they have spent huge costs to form.

In order to support this combat plan, the Taiyue Military Region also mobilized all its elite troops, at least 20,000 troops to assist, and Brigade Commander Chen patted his chest and issued a military order, and the leaders of the division and headquarters reluctantly agreed.

After all, this is a brand new tactic. If a major mistake occurs, the Taiyue Military Region will face great trouble and fall into a very passive position.

Brigade Commander Chen looked at the map for a while, then walked to the desk, picked up a box of cigarettes on the desk, took out a cigarette, lit it with a match, and took a deep puff.

Whenever facing such a battle, cigarettes are the best thing to refresh yourself, and the other is strong tea.

Fortunately, Li Yunlong sent a lot of good things to the brigade some time ago, and the brigade commander and the political commissar also received a pack of cigarettes, which came in handy this time.

"Political Commissar, how are the transport teams in various places prepared? Are all the escort troops along the way in place?"

After hearing this, Political Commissar Wang put down the teacup in his hand and said with a joking expression:

"Old Chen, you've asked this question eight hundred times. Aren't you annoying me? Are you still not confident in my ability to do things?"

"You are also a veteran. You have been leading troops to fight since the Northern Expedition. How come you have become so impetuous?"

Brigade Commander Chen also sighed and said: "Care leads to confusion, our ancestors never lied to me."

"The main reason is that the supplies this time are too important. There are at least tens of thousands of tons of supplies at the train station. This is a good thing that makes everyone unable to sleep."

"Back then, our troops wiped out the logistics and baggage troops of the Itagaki Division at Pingxingguan, but we only seized more than a hundred Japanese trucks of supplies, which added up to less than 500 tons, and more than a thousand rifles."

“This became an unprecedented great victory, and it also inspired countless Chinese people’s enthusiasm for the war of resistance.”

"But this time we have at least 10,000 tons of supplies. No matter how much we value them, it is not too much. With the support of these supplies, the strength of our troops will be able to develop rapidly in the future."

At this moment, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and the chief of telecommunications came in with a long telegram.

"Brigade Commander, Political Commissar, urgent message from the Special Operations Team!"

After Political Commissar Wang took it and took a look at it, a beaming smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Old Chen, from this telegram, we know that Kong Hao has led the special operations team to successfully capture Taigu Railway Station, and eliminated all the defenders of the railway station without firing a single shot."

"That's great, God bless you!"

Upon hearing this good news, Brigade Commander Chen, who had just looked worried, was now filled with joy.

The raid on the train station was the most critical part of the entire plan. Once this step was executed perfectly, the following battles would be easier to fight, and they would not lose in any case.

To put it bluntly, even if the Japanese discovered the abnormality at dawn and reported it to higher authorities, it would take at least until noon tomorrow for Yoshio Shinozuka to make a decision.

It is now 9:30 in the evening, so there is 14 hours for emergency transportation of supplies, and at least 70% of the supplies can be transported out.

As long as the supplies left the train station and were dispersed to the vast rural areas, it would be a pipe dream for the Japanese to take them back.

Of course, this is the worst-case scenario. According to the assessment of the brigade's combat staff, as long as the Japanese railway station can be successfully captured, the probability of this bad situation occurring will not exceed 20%.

Political Commissar Wang then said excitedly, "Old Chen, according to Chief of Staff Li's statistics, there are about 500 tons of cotton, 2,000 tons of grain, several thousand bolts of cotton cloth, and even 20 tons of sugar and 20,000 sets of gas masks in the railway station warehouse."

"These gas masks and sugar have been loaded onto trucks and will be transported by our transport team via Route 3 to the Third Military Division Headquarters."

Upon hearing that they had accidentally obtained 20,000 sets of gas masks produced by the Japanese, Brigade Commander Chen suddenly became extremely excited.

Regarding how to prevent the enemy's poison gas damage during combat, this is the weak point of the Chinese troops, especially their Eighth Route Army.

The central army and local troops are better off, at least they can buy some from abroad, but the Eighth Route Army basically has no connection with foreign forces, and even if they have money and want to buy, they have no channels.

Generally, when facing the Japanese's poison gas attacks, people simply use some cloth strips or masks for temporary protection, but the effect is not very good.

Every time the Japanese launched special smoke operations, our side suffered heavy losses, and many crucial battles were lost.

Now that we have so many gas masks, we can provide some protection for the combat troops on the front line, at least avoiding the embarrassing situation of having to take a beating and not being able to fight back.

Of course, those twenty tons of sugar are also top-notch stuff. With these sugars, the wounded soldiers of the Eighth Route Army can recover quickly.

If a wounded soldier on the battlefield could drink a bowl of sugar water, his chances of survival might be much greater.